Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this text, Peruvian art critic Carlos Rodríguez Saavedra comments on a show of the series of painting by Fernando de Szyszlo based on Apu Inca Atawallpaman, a colonial-era Quechua poem translated into Spanish by writer and anthropologist José [...]

This artistic critique was written by gallery owner and art critic Carlos Rodríguez Saavedra, on several exhibitions happening in November of 1965 in Lima. He calls attention to the exhibition Yllomomo presented by Gloria Gómez Sánchez—whom he [...]

In this brief review, the critic and gallery owner Carlos Rodríguez Saavedra talks about Mimuy, the installation produced by Mario Acha, Miguel Malatesta, and Efraín Montero. In the author’s opinion, “it is not an exhibition, it is an [...]

This brief introductory text by Carlos Rodríguez Saavedra was written for the official catalogue of the painting competition organized by the Festivales de Ancón, then an elegant resort on the outskirts of Lima. In a lyrical tone, the author [...]

This text by essayist Carlos Rodríguez Saavedra is for the catalogue associated with Roberto Matta’s exhibition El cubo abierto, presented by the IAC (Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo) in Lima in September 1966, held to celebrate the anniversary [...]

The Peruvian art historian Carlos Rodríguez Saavedra defines genuine creation as an expression of truth that admits no alternatives, then goes on to state that the finest Latin American artists blend two opposites—“indigenous” and “universal [...]